1 | Representative(s) Harrell offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment to Amendment (837865) (with ballot statement |
4 | amendment) |
5 | Remove line(s) 5-109 and insert: |
6 | (d) A millage rate of more than 100 percent of the rolled- |
7 | back rate, as required by general law, based upon the previous |
8 | year's maximum millage rate and adjusted for the growth in per |
9 | capita Florida personal income, may be adopted if the rate is |
10 | approved in a referendum by a vote of the electors. |
11 | ARTICLE VIII |
12 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
13 | SECTION 1. Counties.-- |
14 | (a) POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. The state shall be divided by |
15 | law into political subdivisions called counties. Counties may be |
16 | created, abolished or changed by law, with provision for payment |
17 | or apportionment of the public debt. |
18 | (b) COUNTY FUNDS. The care, custody and method of |
19 | disbursing county funds shall be provided by general law. |
20 | (c) GOVERNMENT. Pursuant to general or special law, a |
21 | county government may be established by charter which shall be |
22 | adopted, amended or repealed only upon vote of the electors of |
23 | the county in a special election called for that purpose. |
24 | (d) COUNTY OFFICERS. There shall be elected by the |
25 | electors of each county, for terms of four years, a sheriff, a |
26 | tax collector, a property appraiser, a supervisor of elections, |
27 | and a clerk of the circuit court; except, when provided by |
28 | county charter or special law approved by vote of the electors |
29 | of the county, any county officer other than a property |
30 | appraiser may be chosen in another manner therein specified, or |
31 | any county office other than the office of property appraiser |
32 | may be abolished when all the duties of the office prescribed by |
33 | general law are transferred to another office. When not |
34 | otherwise provided by county charter or special law approved by |
35 | vote of the electors, the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex |
36 | officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor, |
37 | recorder and custodian of all county funds. |
38 | (e) COMMISSIONERS. Except when otherwise provided by |
39 | county charter, the governing body of each county shall be a |
40 | board of county commissioners composed of five or seven members |
41 | serving staggered terms of four years. After each decennial |
42 | census the board of county commissioners shall divide the county |
43 | into districts of contiguous territory as nearly equal in |
44 | population as practicable. One commissioner residing in each |
45 | district shall be elected as provided by law. |
46 | (f) NON-CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties not operating under |
47 | county charters shall have such power of self-government as is |
48 | provided by general or special law. The board of county |
49 | commissioners of a county not operating under a charter may |
50 | enact, in a manner prescribed by general law, county ordinances |
51 | not inconsistent with general or special law, but an ordinance |
52 | in conflict with a municipal ordinance shall not be effective |
53 | within the municipality to the extent of such conflict. |
54 | (g) CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties operating under county |
55 | charters shall have all powers of local self-government not |
56 | inconsistent with general law, or with special law approved by |
57 | vote of the electors. The governing body of a county operating |
58 | under a charter may enact county ordinances not inconsistent |
59 | with general law. The charter shall provide which shall prevail |
60 | in the event of conflict between county and municipal |
61 | ordinances. |
62 | (h) TAXES; LIMITATION. Property situate within |
63 | municipalities shall not be subject to taxation for services |
64 | rendered by the county exclusively for the benefit of the |
65 | property or residents in unincorporated areas. |
66 | (i) COUNTY ORDINANCES. Each county ordinance shall be |
67 | filed with the custodian of state records and shall become |
68 | effective at such time thereafter as is provided by general law. |
69 | (j) VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES. Persons violating county |
70 | ordinances shall be prosecuted and punished as provided by law. |
71 | (k) COUNTY SEAT. In every county there shall be a county |
72 | seat at which shall be located the principal offices and |
73 | permanent records of all county officers. The county seat may |
74 | not be moved except as provided by general law. Branch offices |
75 | for the conduct of county business may be established elsewhere |
76 | in the county by resolution of the governing body of the county |
77 | in the manner prescribed by law. No instrument shall be deemed |
78 | recorded until filed at the county seat, or a branch office |
79 | designated by the governing body of the county for the recording |
80 | of instruments, according to law. |
81 | ARTICLE XII |
82 | SCHEDULE |
83 | SECTION 27. Elected property appraisers; application.--The |
84 | requirement in Section 1(d) of Article VIII for a property |
85 | appraiser to be elected by the electors of the county shall |
86 | apply in each county, including each charter county, regardless |
87 | of whether the charter was adopted pursuant to Section 1(g) of |
88 | Article VIII or pursuant to Section 9, Section 10, Section 11, |
89 | or Section 24 of Article VIII of the Constitution of 1885, as |
90 | amended and incorporated by reference in Section 6(e) of Article |
91 | VIII. Any county that does not have an elected property |
92 | appraiser on the effective date of the amendment to Section 1 of |
93 | Article VIII of this constitution shall provide for electing a |
94 | property appraiser at the next general election as provided by |
95 | general law. |
96 | SECTION 28. Property tax exemptions and ad valorem tax |
97 | limitations.--The amendments to Sections 3, 4, 6, and 9 of |
98 | Article VII, providing a $25,000 exemption from ad valorem |
99 | taxation for tangible personal property, providing an additional |
100 | $25,000 homestead exemption, authorizing the transfer of the |
101 | accrued benefit from the limitation on the assessment of |
102 | homestead property, providing an additional homestead exemption |
103 | for first-time homestead property owners, providing a complete |
104 | homestead exemption for low-income seniors, providing for |
105 | assessing rent-restricted affordable housing and commercial and |
106 | public-access waterfront property pursuant to general law, |
107 | limiting annual increases in assessments of nonhomestead real |
108 | property, requiring the legislature to limit the authority of |
109 | counties, municipalities, and special districts to increase ad |
110 | valorem taxes, and authorizing adoption of a millage rate of |
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112 | ====== B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T ===== |
113 | Remove line(s) 116-171 and insert: |
114 | taxes, 10) authorizes adoption of a rate of more than 100 |
115 | percent of an adjusted rolled-back rate if approved by the |
116 | voters in a referendum, and 11) requires all county property |
117 | appraisers to be elected. |
118 | In more detail, this revision: |
119 | 1. Increases the homestead exemption by providing an |
120 | additional $25,000 homestead exemption for the portion of the |
121 | assessed value above $50,000 up to $75,000. This exemption does |
122 | not apply to school taxes. |
123 | 2. Exempts certain low-income seniors from ad valorem tax |
124 | on their homes. Persons 65 or older whose household income is |
125 | less than $23,604, adjusted annually for inflation, will be |
126 | totally exempt from ad valorem taxes, including school taxes, on |
127 | their homestead property. |
128 | 3. Provides an increased exemption for first-time Florida |
129 | homebuyers beginning in 2008. First-time homebuyers in Florida |
130 | who qualify for homestead exemption will be eligible for an |
131 | additional exemption equal to 25 percent of the assessed value |
132 | of their new home, not to exceed 25 percent of the county median |
133 | homestead just value for the prior year. The amount of the |
134 | exemption will decrease each year by the amount of the home's |
135 | Save Our Homes benefit. When the amount of the home's Save Our |
136 | Homes benefit meets or exceeds this exemption, the exemption is |
137 | lost. This exemption also is available to 2007 first-time |
138 | homebuyers who qualify for homestead exemption January 1, 2008. |
139 | This exemption does not apply to school taxes. |
140 | 4. Provides for the transfer of accumulated Save Our Homes |
141 | benefits. Homestead property owners will be able to transfer |
142 | their Save Our Homes benefit to a new homestead within two years |
143 | of relinquishing their previous homestead exemption; except, if |
144 | the new homestead is established on January 1, 2008, the |
145 | previous homestead must have been relinquished in 2007. If the |
146 | new homestead has a higher just value than the old one, the |
147 | entire benefit can be transferred; if the new homestead has a |
148 | lower just value, the amount of benefit transferred will be |
149 | reduced in proportion of the just value of the new homestead to |
150 | the just value of the old homestead. The transferred benefit may |
151 | not exceed $1 million. This provision does not apply to school |
152 | taxes. |
153 | 5. Provides for assessing certain rent-restricted |
154 | affordable housing property as provided by general law. This |
155 | provision will not apply to school taxes. |
156 | 6. Provides for assessing certain waterfront property used |
157 | for commercial fishing, commercial water-dependent activities, |
158 | and public access as provided by general law. This provision |
159 | will not apply to school taxes. |
160 | 7. Limits increases in assessments each year for all |
161 | property other than homestead property to the lower of 3 percent |
162 | or the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. |
163 | 8. Authorizes an exemption from ad valorem taxes of |
164 | $25,000 of assessed value of tangible personal property. This |
165 | provision applies to all tax levies. |
166 | 9. Requires the Legislature to limit the authority of |
167 | counties, municipalities, and special districts to increase ad |
168 | valorem taxes. |
169 | 10. Authorizes a millage rate of more than 100 percent |